I'm afraid there's no chance at the current rate of me being able to get the event ready for this Friday.

Despite my best efforts I'm still way behind on work (and I've had more dropped on my plate as well yesterday and today).

Maybe next week. I better not make any promises for the moment until I literally get the chance to start doing some prep for this.

For the sake for another date in the diary though, will be having a non-LAN gathering in a couple of weeks, evening of Saturday 23rd. Bring a drink, and there will be some projector games and maybe one arcade setup, but it's a social thing rather than a LAN.

It's essentially my take on a birthday night out, but just the plan is bring a drink/s and I'll have a couple of games running on the big screen (Trials, Bomberman etc) and a MAME setup

Incidentally, Halloween LAN *will* happen sometime, I'm just not sure how soon yet. Still massively behind on work and I've got another VAT submission due in a couple of weeks which takes a lot of work, so it's maybe going to be mid December before that happens, depending on how busy it is around then...

Forgive me if this is any way out of line, but ... why not just forgo the Halloween Night altogether and dedicate December to a belter of a Christmas LAN? That would allow you to get caught up with work and you wouldn't have to stress (too much) over the Christmas period trying to get business done at a busier time of year along with organising LANs. The first Theme Night in the new year can then be a "Spooky Night" featuring all of the games we might've played at a Halloween LAN. : )

Sorry, that sounds awfully cheeky and I really don't mean it to be. The LANs happen at your discretion and we're all very grateful that you give up your time and energy for them. Far be it from me to dictate what should happen!